Kopsiopsis strobilacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Kopsiopsis |
Species: | K. strobilacea
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Binomial name | |
Kopsiopsis strobilacea (
A.Gray) Beck
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Kopsiopsis strobilacea, the California groundcone, is a species of parasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae. [1] [2] [3] It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wooded areas and chaparral. It is a parasite of manzanitas and madrones, which it parasitizes by penetrating them with haustoria to tap nutrients.[ citation needed] The groundcone is visible aboveground as a dark purplish or reddish to brown inflorescence up to 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Pale-margined purple flowers emerge from between the overlapping bracts. [2]
Formerly considered Boschniakia strobilacea, some taxonomists now place it in the genus Kopsiopsis on the basis of phylogenetic evidence. [4]